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Premium Hollywood - Entertainment blog, Hollywood blog, movie blog, TV blog: “A Christmas Carol” wins the weekend, but “Precious” gets the early Xmas cheer
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RT @Moroch_Movies #PRECIOUS has record-breaking per theater average: http://tinyurl.com/ybr9wqa 11/9/2009 |
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RT @AFFIONCROCKETT: PRECIOUS DOING EXTREMELY WELL WITH JUST 18 THEATERS SHOWING! http://bit.ly/1OEAK8 11/9/2009 |
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RT @youngsinick: 'Precious' finds special place at box office: http://bit.ly/USXGt. 11/8/2009 |
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Gothamist —
... While The Christmas Carol was number one at the weekend box office with $31 million, the critically acclaimed Precious, about the harrowing life of a Harlem teen, made a record-breaking $100,000 per screen in limited release. ...
“A Christmas Carol” wins the weekend, but “Precious” gets the early Xmas cheer
Premium Hollywood - Entertainment blog, Hollywood blog, movie blog, TV blog —
Robert Zemeckis and Disney’s new CGI “A Christmas Carol” was pretty much destined to take the weekend, and it did with an estimated tally of $31 million. However, Nikki Finke noted that the film was expected to make, she says, at least $4 million more. I am inclined to think that the word that this version of Dicken’s holiday classic might be too scary for very young viewers might have given this entry a bit of a winter chill.
Variety, however, added insult to injury and the #1 movie found itself a subhead on its opening weekend. The trade paper of record instead led with the record-breaking ...
“Precious” breaks records at the Box Office
IMOOVIZINE —
... While “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” was the top film at the box office over the weekend, it was Lionsgate’s “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” that was the true winner grabbing a record $1.8 million at only 18 runs in the U.S. That averages to $100,000 per screen, a record for a film opening in under 50 theaters. ...
Weekend Box Office: We Need A Little “Christmas”
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews —
I think we can all agree with Scrooge that early November is no time for Christmas movies.
And the numbers (courtesy of Variety):
1. Disney’s A Christmas Carol $31,000,000
2. Michael Jackson’s This Is It $14,000,000
3. The Men Who Stare At Goats $13,309,000
4. The Fourth Kind $12,521,285
5. Paranormal Activity $8,600,000
You know, Variety says that “A Christmas Carol,” though it won the weekend easily, actually came in on the low end of box office expectations. I actually am surprised it did $31 million. I mean, it’s the first weekend in ...
My Precious : Indie Film Breaks Box-Office Records [Film Schooled]
Jezebel —
[image] Disney's creepy 3D Christmas Carol was number one at the box office, but the big movie biz story today is Precious ' record-setting debut over the weekend As Women & Hollywood's Melissa Silverstein writes: It made $1.8 million dollars on a total of 18 screens. That is an average of $100,000 per screen which never, ever happens. A little perspective. Michael Jackson's movie This is It opened to 6,675 per screen average. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince opened at 17,997 per screen. Granted people had a lot more places to see both movies and both grossed more for the weekend, but Precious' debut is unprecedented. The only ...
